CONTENTS THE LIFE OF GEORGE CRUIKSHANK. EPOCH I. (continued). CHAPTER XI. THE COMIC ALMANAC. CHAPTER XII. LORD BATEMAN AND THE TABLE BOOK. EPOCH II. 1848—1878. CHAPTER I. AT GILLRAY’s GRAVE. CHAPTER II. THE BOTTLE. CHAPTER III. GEORGE CRUIKSHANK AS A TEETOTALER. CHAPTER IV. THE TRIUMPH OF BACCHUS. CHAPTER V. “FRAUDS ON THE FAIRIES” AND “WHOLE HOGS.” CHAPTER VI. A SLICE OF BREAD AND BUTTER. CHAPTER VII. CRUIKSHANK’S LAST TWENTY YEARS. CHAPTER VIII. THE END. ADDITIONAL IMAGES: THE LIFE OF SIR JOHN FALSTAFF By Robert B. Brough, Esq. Illustrated By George Cruikshank With A Biography Of The Knight, From Authentic Sources CONTENTS PREFACE. SIR JOHN FALSTAFF: A BIOGRAPHY BOOK THE FIRST, 1352—1365. I. INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER. II. BIRTH AND GENEALOGY OF SIR JOHN FALSTAFF. III. OF THE TRICK PLAYED BY LITTLE JACK FALSTAFF ON SIR THOMAS MOWBRAY IV. OF JACK FALSTAFF’S COSTING TO LONDON. BOOK THE SECOND, 1381. I. HOW MR. JOHN FALSTAFF CAME INTO HIS PROPERTY, AND WAS KNIGHTED BOOK THE THIRD, 1410. I. FOR THE MOST PART A TREATISE ON HEROES AND KNIGHTS-ERRANT. II. HOW SIR JOHN FALSTAFF, WITH HIS SATELLITES THE PRINCE HENRY... III. THE BATTLE OF GADSHILL. IV. THE DAY AFTER THE BATTLE. V. HISTORIC DISSERTATION UPON THE GREAT CIVIL WAR VI. HOW SIR JOHN FALSTAFF WON THE BATTLE OF SHREWSBURY. BOOK THE FOURTH, 1410—1413. I. OF THE SIGNAL VICTORY GAINED BY SIR JOHN FALSTAFF II. THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED: III. SIR JOHN FALSTAFF AN AUTHOR. IV WARLIKE STRATEGY OF SIR JOHN FALSTAFF: V. VISIT TO JUSTICE SHALLOW’S. VI. ON THE MAGNANIMITY OP SIR JOHN FALSTAFF VII. DOUBTS ON THE GENIUS AND TESTIMONY OF SHAKSPEARE. VIII. MILDNESS OF THE SPRING SEASON IN 1413 IX. INAUGURATION OF THE NEW RÉGIME.—MALIGNITY OF THE LORD CHIEF X. CORONATION OF HENRY THE FIFTH. BOOK THE FIFTH. 1413—1415. I. SIR JOHN FALSTAFF IN EXILE. II. THE END OP THE LIFE OF SIR JOHN FALSTAFF.